Mr Fixit’s Top Tips: Old Trafford won’t match Anfield thrills

A SUNDAY spectacular between Liverpool and Man City restored my faith in watching football on the telly.

After a string of 0-0 bores this was a real treat and warmer than standing at Clydebank v Pollok on Saturday. Even the dug was shivering and she’s got a fur coat.

I tipped Liverpool draw no bet on my preview and while I fancied goals I didn’t want to jinx it by taking them – unlike maccathered who backed his side to win with loads of goals.

Well done to all the winners on Sunday – unfortunately my goals bet crashed and Dortmund and Lyon let down my accumulators by drawing.

My both to score treble would have been running on to Estoril v Porto on Monday if strikers had taken their chances at Dortmund. The last five meetings in Estoril have saw both scoring and over 2.5 goals and their last three matches have gone over 2.5. Porto have conceded in four out five with all five going over 2.5 goals and I’m on both to score as a Super Single as it pays over evens.

In the Premier League it’s Man United v Stoke and it won’t be as thrilling as the Anfield battle. United are a best 2-9 to beat the managerless strugglers so finding value is difficult. Best bet could be United to win to nil at evens with McBookie but Stoke have scored in four of their last five visits to Old Trafford.

Caretaker boss Eddie Niedzwiecki, still in charge after Martin O’Neill turned down the job, is likely to want to keep it tight but if they conceded early it could be a heavy defeat. United -1 pays just 8-13 at bet365 while -2 is 17-10 at betfair.

Elsewhere Real Betis tackle Leganes and there are two Jupiler league games to look at as well as Lens v Sochaux in Ligue 2.

Doubt if I’ll add to these two Super Singles – and I’m hoping at least one lands.

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January Advised Accas Total

Profit/loss: -0.5pts (18 bets, 5 winners)

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Lens come into this off the back of a terrific 1-0 away win at high flying Nimes- they are strong at home having won 5 of their last 6 scoring 2 or more in 7 of their last 8. Sochaux were a huge disappointment on Friday losing 1-0 at home to struggling Quievilly. They are away to an inform team in Lens who I think will edge this

The winter break certainly hasn’t impacted NEC’s title charge pre Xmas they won 7-2 6-0 ( two friendly wins of 6-0 and 4-0 in between) and came back to league business on Friday with a 5-1 home thumping of Go ahead Eagles. It’s been a bit of a non season for Oss so far and NEC should continue Their goal scoring exploits here

mr fixit.
estoril are 19-20 to score which is less riskier for the sake of a few pennies if you fancy btts.
love the h2d record here but estoril have only netted in one of last 7 home games and porto are probably better than some of their recent opponents.
difficult one this, do you go on h2h or current form ???.
might leave it until about 30 mins and if estoril aint scored might be lot bigger odds on estoril to net maybe a consolation if they are a couple down.

good luck with this mr fixit, will certainly tune in as it will be more exciting than man utd v stoke, mind you, Clydebank v Pollock in a blizzard sounds more appealing than that.

Morning all
Man Utd v Stoke City
Over 3.5 goals at 6/5 (NAP)
Over 4.5 goals at 11/4 (NB)
Goals should be the way to go here tonight and i reckon we will see a fair few as Man utd will be under pressure to put a good performance in after what we witnessed last night at Anfield.Liverpool were a fair few points behind Man Utd and now that gap gas been closed (although it can be back to three points tonight with a win for the hosts) and they should get it but its a question of by how many,well i reckon the hosts will win 4-1 or 5-1.After witnessing the game at Anfield it puts pressure on Mourihno to show that his side are capable of producing the same brand of football as the two best sides in the premier league.Man Utd may not possess the quality that Man City or Liverpool have but they have enough here to win comfortable,they simply have to for the fans otherwise the fans start to turn and not only that they see this as a chance to close the gap on City.
best of luck

Yeah i know they have conceded a good few to the big sides,i don’t post stats just my tips and if people want to get on board they can check stats themselves,not really a big stat hunter though the here and now is what bothers me,whats happening on and off the field.I do think Stoke will score they do raise their game for such games and United have a knack of letting in silly goals to such sides.Best of luck Sean.

Was just about to post these mate cheers. Aussie friendlies been treating me very well. Am on with ya. Nothing else much kop until early afternoon. Will have posted a couple of u23 games …. Awaiting goalines. Then will just put my day down to finding any value in our game tonight

Cyrille Regis passed this morning aged 59. A club legend for WBA in the late 70’s. I remember being in junior school with a stack of figurine panini stickers, every playtime….. got, not got, got, not got every playtime until I filled that book. Him and Laurie Cunningham gave that team a huge presence in the league.
I guess some of us are getting to that age when players we idolized as kids are now coming to the end of their life.

Very sad.
I remember he got goal of the season. He took the ball from around the half way line ran straight to goal and unleashed a bullet of a shot into the top corner.
Strong as an ox and a great player

Reasoning:
Stoke have played 3 games away to top 6 sides this season and conceded in both halves in all 3 matches.
Nec are goal machines on the road, scoring at least twice in their last 7 games and covering this market 5 of those.
Porto have covered this market in 4 of their last 5 away matches, the one failure coming when they had been reduced to 10 men.

Stoke City fans certainly not happy about Paul Lambert being appointed as manager by the looks of it on social media

Stoke City fans need a reality check on what type of manager they can attract. They think because they are an EPL they should be appointing “a big name”
When in reality Paul Lambert is probably their level – a provincial English club who are where they are because of Sky Tv

The trouble is they cannot compete with the big four in the premier league,in terms of revenue etc etc i mean you don’t see Stoke city shirts being sold in Malaysia by the millions,they cannot attract top players so it is extremely hard to attract a top Manager,take Newcastle for example they have one of the best tactical Managers around and they have sheet on him,so they will find it hard to replace Benitez also.They should be grateful they are in the premier league although a club that is run well needs investment,but most of these owners take their percentages at the end of the season instead of ploughing the money back into the club.

What I would say is that we had him at wolves before we sacked him after last season. The guy is poor in honesty and Villa fans will second this from his time there. Good luck to him but things have looked up for us since we got rid. With the position stoke are in I’m uncertain that Lambert is the man to motivate them.

I’m a Wolves fan and I think a lot of the reception to Lambert’s appointment is a tad harsh.
He’s kept teams in the Premier League before. He’s played at the highest level and has a lot of connections abroad.
Wolves fans have had a right old laugh over this appointment and I don’t get it. He kept us in the division last year after he inherited a very unbalanced squad from Jackett and Zenga. He grabbed wins away at Stoke and Liverpool in the FA Cup. Sure he had his floors and his team selection policy was at times confusing, but he’d signed Ruddy and Bennett before he was dismissed, and I reckon he would have identified Douglas as a signing seeing that he’s Scottish also. I think with the right backing Lambert would have done alright with us this season – obviously not as good as Nuno thought – the guys unbelievable!

Had a great result on the Liverpool City match yesterday but it was a nervous 1st half waiting for Liverpool’s 2nd corner.
Bet more than I should have on both teams over 1 corner in both half’s at 23/10. Also had a cheeky tenner in Hills on the your odds coupon with bts and both teams over 1 corner each half at 25/1.

Have never celebrated a corner so much in my life.

Does anyone have any advice on the selectabet/ your odds type coupon?

Sometimes I see a match and some of the bets look as easy as candy from a baby but last week I lost one which I thought was a cert (on the Chelsea v Arsenal game).

Any advice or lessons learnt by others would be appreciated.

Might be another good thread to have on a weekend or Champions League day too as you can certainly win a lot for your money.

Great day yesterday on the site and I eas glad to chip in with 5 of the 6 picks posted turning out winners – hopefully keep up the momentum on a pretty poor Monday card…

One thing I haven’t done so far that I did at this stage last year is look out for draws in the SPYC now we are into the knockout stages – the amount of draws last year was incredible – we’ve already had a shedload in the last couple of days so worth keeping an eye out!

I’ve picked out this one that might not be far off the mark:

ATLETICO PARANENSE U20 VS. SANTOS U20 (1930 KO):

This ought to be a fairly evenly fought encounter in terms of quality with no great disparity between the two youth outfits.

Both sides have already seen one game go to penalties in this years tournament and both the previous H2Hs were decided by a single goal.

A couple from me for today.
17:30
Olympiakos v Lamia
A lot of these Greek games turn into kicking contests due to the amount of wind up merchants that play there. The last game between these, which was at Lamia, saw Olympiakos get five bookings and a red. You might think the refs would be less willing to get the cards out when Olympiakos play at home but that does not appear to be the case, particularly when they are playing teams near the bottom that just want to turn the game into said kicking contest.
Olympiakos 20+ booking points 2/1

Posted this morning, cover available if anyone followed. 3 out the four selections are in so just need the final leg to go overs at 9/20 for the main double and four fold to land. I’ll use the profit from the doubles to cover under 2.5 in the remaining leg at Bolton @ 15/8.

Going for Over 2.5 mgls on the following games. Main 2 point double on Crewe and Bolton games. Also 1 point 4 fold @ 3.2/1 and 6 x 0.3 point permed doubles.

Not that confident on the Man U game but I’ll have some small stakes punts. I think the first couple look decent for those that fancy a few goals and a strong M.U. display. Never that confident backing Man U these days but here goes…

Pennies on these for a bit of fun:
Jesse Lingard To Score From Outside The Box & Romelu Lukaku To Score A Header @ 28/1
BTTS, Each Team Over 4 Corners & Each Team Over 1 Card @ 40/1
BTTS, Each Team Over 4 Corners & Each Team Over 3 Cards @ 850/1…….i think this last one has a real chance 😉

Hi gents. Eerste league action tonight and I see Greg has already flagged up this game. However I’m taking a riskier bet at a shorter price but should land without much trouble. Oss haven’t been the goal crazy team that they were last season, but can still grab a goal at home. NEC are pushing for promotion and are unbeaten in six of their last seven road games scoring 19 goals in the process. However, they’ve conceded in all but one of their road games this season, and more often than not, concede a couple. This market landed in both ties last season, and for the riskier gambler, try your stakes on BTTS & NEC to win.

2-1 in the last leg to bring in the U23 double / four fold 😀 I think there could be another one or two in the Bolton v Sheffield game but only 8/15 for over 3.5 currently. gave back a wee bit in cover but happy with that.

Going for Over 2.5 mgls on the following games.

Main 2 point double on Crewe and Bolton games 👍
Also 1 point 4 fold @ 3.2/1👍 and 6 x 0.3 point permed doubles.👍

No joy on the goals front,this should of hit the total but with the chances created onwards.Well done mrf on your bet don’t know how stoke didn’t score though,missed some good chances and diouf missed two sitters.

No worries. If you feel the bet was going to one you could put the winnings on the single – but as you say a win’s a win.
Mine is unsettled because McBookie won’t void if it’s played today although that seems unlikely.

Pennies on these for a bit of fun:
Jesse Lingard To Score From Outside The Box & Romelu Lukaku To Score A Header @ 28/1 ✖
BTTS, Each Team Over 4 Corners & Each Team Over 1 Card @ 40/1 ✖
BTTS, Each Team Over 4 Corners & Each Team Over 3 Cards @ 850/1 ✖